Today we live a sad moment, all the Muslims of France, because he who touches a human life touches the life of humanity as a whole,

We would have hoped for there to be a willingness to calm things down.

One cannot insult a religion whatever it is. To defend the dignity of one's religion does not mean one is radical.

I make a call of the hostage takers, in the name of Islam and God the gracious, not to betray the principles of Islam.

We would have liked that the wish for appeasement had prevailed.

The secret is out. There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It's unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.